Pissgrave - Suicide Euphoria

Pissgrave Take Death Metal Back To It's Roots With A Raw And Punishing Record

Up and coming death metal band, Pissgrave from Pennsylvania, have been causing a stir in the underground scene for the past year with a string of live shows and supporting slots which built up to the release of their first demo last year, the demo sold out instantly and has helped Pissgrave gain a large underground following, especially in the USA.

With their first full release, titled 'Suicide Euphoria', Pissgrave have created a death metal record that brings the genre back to it's roots, whilst still managing to show the versatility of modern and technical death metal. This album has the pacey, straight to the point personality of classic death metal, with monstrously raw and brutal vocals delivered straight from the gut with unbelievably disgusting vocal deliveries that savagely spew out of the vocalist's throat. The guitars are ruthless throughout and are accompanied by the unforgiving, merciless pounding of the drums, the kind that sounds like some psychopath just went batshit crazy when recording.

'Suicide Euphoria' may be a sick and violent record, but it's not just a one dimensional onslaught of  true brutal death metal. There are some tracks, like 'Impaled Vibration' and the title track 'Suicide Euphoria' that show hints of melodic and groove metal influences, with parts in the song that have some real moments for head banging and the odd two-step, some real mosh pit moments there.

Amongst the influences, there are still many tracks on this album for the elitist fan, tracks that are just pure 100% heavy, punishing and angsty death metal, especially 'Pain Enchantment' and 'Prevail In Hell' both tracks which are just noise topped on more noise.

The only track on this album that I wasn't all that keen on was 'The Second Sorrowful Mystery' which was very different from the over tracks with a more slam/deathcore feel to it, which don't get me wrong I love both of those genres, but it's not something you should expect on an album that aims to be as raw as it is, it just didn't fit in.

All in all Pissgrave have created a record that is creative and varied within the genre of death metal, while remaining to be all out gross, violent and morbid at the same time.

7/10

/BRUTAL DEATH METAL/DEATH METAL/DEATHGRIND/

FAV TRACKS: - Impaled Vision - Prevail In Hell - Pain Enchantment -

LEAST FAV TRACKS: - The Second Sorrowful Mystery -